Why not change the subject line to fit the conversation??
Many people just scan the subject line to see if it's something they want to
read. This has been dealing with cemeteries for a while now and someone
with some great ideas could be missing it. Only takes a second to change
the 'subject' to fit the content

an endowment fund established for the purpose of maintaining the cemeteries
seems to be the answer. funds invested and disbursed by a trust officer at
a local bank, FDIC insured --
as you say, it is the almighty dollar!! maybe the income to the maintaince
endowment from the fees charged for burial? license fees for the Funeral
Homes? contributions from family of the deceased? all of which would be
well and good for the future but how about the existing? as Sarah noted, a
1% tax is possible.

> Around here it is the Cemeteries, owned by the City, empowered by state
> law who vandalize themselves.
>
> Things like pushing over and burying markers flush with the ground so
> the mowers can go straight over them to mow.
>
> Things like the "Memorial Park" state law which allows the city to
> convert Memorial Parks into city playgrounds, by removing all above
> ground markers and "terraforming" the cemetery into baseball diamonds
> and such. (They did it here) and "half" of the Pioneer cemetery was
> converted into a LAKE park. No wonder they have no records of the burial
> locations.
>
> Farmers across the country have a reputation for plowing over old
> cemeteries on their land, and tombstone dumping is pretty common.
>
> Its the almighty dollar.
>
> Jeff
>
> Jeff
>
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